Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-29

WfeurRQEuH, Jan. E.-1Ee 1e19AS
rsueesdsd 10 the eossiderailcn Of TIE
III = ufohIbts members Of ConGre@
frasa aesina a. attorneys 90 employees tnf
raiIrnad cerppaniea holding charters %
knTfno recefgsd q grant Of land o. Pc
couIaFv aid from The United ssates. A.
fhe eIoaa Of she debate two messages
from he President were presented one
setotna the bill granting . pension 70
Hanlarafn Obekiah, and She other veto
Inc fhe Bill feF the relief Of h. +. Bed
Inc. The messages we're laid Oh the
taRls. The Senate adjourned.
The Hsease.
The Washington Gable Railroad BIN
was passed this morning.
MeFgsw, Of California, presented
rannfntian from the Chamber Of Com
msFes Of Fan FRANCHISES aEainet : sou
usreial treaty With bpains pFeysding fos
ths reduction Of the duty 81 faisins-
fornsy, q AIaban1s, presented con
feEsaes report on ths Dill snekinR g
annuai appropriation o. tlUN0Vfof ne
eauipment Of she fniiilla fosees o. tne
United sfsles and Is vas eafeed %
The House then wcni into Commitsee
Of tha whole on pieuro pnsamonia.
Dnnsaon, Of Kansas, and ConReF, Of
fown. favored the bill thai urged ne
necessity d National aotien 20 sxtir.
oass The diseases and 10 pfegsnt theli
screadsna among the sast cattle heroi
e. The WEST.
o. nosion Of Hatch. Of Missouri, a.
nmendment was Adopted insreaeins
from $500 70 $500 ne salary 81 10
ChAsf Of the Bureau Of Animal In
duatrys
ewinburns, Of New York. offered a.
Amendment pgovtdine that the forc.
emploEed shall include three experts Of
eeleutEie atseinmenis and not less thai
All venrsf aoauai sxpsrienee II sanitary
nd astrological wsEk and especially
n TIE investigation Of contagious die
ssaer. and 20 help these experts 10 theil
Investigation, ali necessary aid shall b
rendered b. she Commissioners OF Akfi'
culture.
Hslch oppossd the amendmant.
Henderson, og IouR, favored the bill
and nraad is speedy % sage.
HwtnbaFns'a amendmsat was adopted
on motion Of O'Hara, Of North Caro-.
lima. An amendment was adopted 70.
curing The experts provided for in ME
evinbnrne's amendment 50 report What
means should be taken 70 extiFpate hos
cholera. AdIournod.
froasarer JsFdan VIII Resign.
WAan1KaTon, Jan. 28.-MF. Jordan
Treasures Of the United Sites. will 70
liaquiah hia present Office on May Is
In aFder % acoept another Office, pro
baby the Presidency OF she Westerl
National Bank Of New York, new W pro
cess Of organization, and which viii b
fully established b. that date. Mr.
Jordan has not yet formally resigned
has expects 10 do 90 shortly after th
adjournment Of Congress.
weman suarnaists Before the Presl
dena.
wAsHrzoToE, Jan. q. Tho COMMITTEE
appointed for the purpose BY the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association call
ca on che President today. and present
ed q memorial asking him 20 veto 90
Rdmunds bill, o. the Tucker substitutl
therefor, whichever shall pass Congress
proposing 20 disfFanehise the non,
polyaamous women Of Utah. IN.
President said be would give the me
moral bis careful consideration. III
recognized that Il vas a ssrieas matte
20 dlsfFanchise any class. The Press
dant Of the Association today recelve,
Telegram from Kansas stating that tn
municipal suffrage bill bad passed 3D.
Senate Of that Stale By . vote Of 2
10 Is.
nasard'a 0pInIen sf she seiEed sealeF
WAaHrsoroE, Jan. 2s.-In the matte
Of the seizure Of the British schooner
engaged ia the Illegal capture OF seal
by the revenue cutter CorWin last Aug
usl. Secretary Bayard has detsFmiue,
thai this govoEnmeRt will not claim jar
addiction over the WateEs OF Bshrin
Sea 10 the extent % the terms of Oh
treaty between Russia and the Unite
Siaaea. oadsng Alaska. IL u underst0o'
that the Secretary claims he will be abb
IN return, however, 70 obtain from Oh
British and ell other governments d
The future stipalations for the abs0lut
protection 70 the seal fisheries Of AIasks
laval ApDFopriasisns.
WAaHx0ros, Jan. SHE naval a.
pFopriaaion bill vas completed at nj
afternoons session Of the Hoase Con
mittsa on Naval Affairs The total 40
preparation made By the bill is g.. OCT
oa2, while the estimates we're 81. SS9, 70
and the appropriation for the ecFFen
year was only 81. at2, hhs. An apprc
priatiof IL made on tha account o
ordnance and aEmor, safieient Il
amount 10 supply al the veasels no'
builainG. with the object ef euahlin
the Secretary Of the Nsvy 10 max
mole advantageous terms through cor
tracta IN halk. These items amount 3
e2.lss. So and e2,So0.uoo respectively
An appropriation IL also made Of a.
W000 for the armog for vessels authoI
lied by the ael OF lSSS
Decided Against Caseraaa.
WAgarNuroS, Jan. 81 TIE Comnaiu
sioneF Of the General Land OGace ha
decided that the State Of Colorado
not entitled 10 section l6 and IS Ia eae
township IN the Ute Indian reservation
for school purposes. Wndsr the aet q
March 81. iSSA Il h held that thes
sections. af date Of The grant, yer
covered By IadiAa title aud could nc
pass With the grant and the lands Of b
reservation having been Disposed Of b
treaty aud not by act Of Congresa. q
Indemnity can be aalaetsd theEefotS